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The Will to Meaning
Finding Purpose in Life
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Even the tragic and negative aspects of life, such as unavoidable suffering, can be turned into a human achievement by the attitude which a man adopts toward his predicament... to transform despair into triumph. Holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl is known as the founder of logotherapy,...
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Even the tragic and negative aspects of life, such as unavoidable suffering, can be turned into a human achievement by the attitude which a man adopts toward his predicament... to transform despair into triumph.
Holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl is known as the founder of logotherapy, a mode of psychotherapy based on our desire to search for meaning in our lives.
The Will to Meaning offers an introduction to Frankl's pioneering system of thought, and outlines the psychological tools needed to find hope in the face of adversity.
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ISBN: 9781805463801
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 February 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Edition: Main
Illustration: line drawings
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
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Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 157g
Pages: 176
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Viktor E Frankl
About the Author
Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna. During World War II, he spent three years in Auschwitz, Dachau, and other concentration camps. He was the founder of the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy, logotherapy. His twenty-nine books have been translated into twenty-one languages.
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